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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

1135 PM HST MON OCT 16 2006



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HAWAII IN HAWAII COUNTY-

1135 PM HST MON OCT 16 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLAND OF HAWAII

IN HAWAII COUNTY UNTIL 115 AM HST...



RADAR SHOWS THAT HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL OVER PORTIONS OF THE 

BIG ISLAND...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH KONA...SOUTH 

KONA...KAU...PUNA...AND SOUTH HILO DISTRICTS. WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS 

BEING REPORTED IN THE HAWAIIAN ACRES SUBDIVISION... 

PUNA...PAHOA...AND ALONG THE AKONI PULE HIGHWAY NORTH OF KAWAIHAE. 

BIG ISLAND CIVIL DEFENSE ALSO REPORTS HEAVY RAIN IN KAILUA 

KONA...WHERE ALII DRIVE IS PARTICULARLY PRONE TO FLOODING IN HEAVY 

RAIN.



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONVERS THE ENTIRE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS

AND COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN... 

ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE ROCKS ARE ALREADY LOOSE FROM YESTERDAY/S 

EARTHQUAKE. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT SINCE IT IS HARDER TO SEE FLASH

FLOODING IN THE DARK. AVOID TRAVEL.



MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FLOODING AND SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS FAST FLOWING OR RISING WATER. MANY FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR

WHEN MOTORISTS TRY CROSSING FLOODED ROADWAYS. TURN AROUND...DON/T

DROWN.



ESCAPE RISING WATER BY CLIMBING DIRECTLY TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER TRY

TO OUTRACE A FLOOD...EITHER ON FOOT OR IN YOUR VEHICLE. DO NOT CAMP

NEAR STREAMS OR OTHER AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 115 AM HST IF

FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS PERSIST.



LAT...LON 2033 15594 1973 15609 1903 15597 1887 15566

      1948 15475 1995 15505



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